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With Gas Powered Games now owned by Wargaming, and with the studio also owning the rights to Total Annihilation, GPG founder Chris Taylor has pretty much said, without saying, that a follow-up to the RTS game is “alive and well”. Without going as far as to announce it as being in the works, Taylor said […]

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Ever since Wargaming swooped in and purchased Gas Powered Games and gave the studio a second life after their failed Kickstarter, everyone has been cagey about what the studio has been up to, aside from revealing that Wild Man is dead. But when Wargaming chief Victor Kislyi spoke with AusGamers at the PAX Down Under, […]

World of Tanks developer Wargaming is currently experimenting with the notion of free-to-play on consoles, including PS4, but CEO Victor Kislyi has stressed that you will only see the company’s games on consoles if the formats don’t hamper the free-to-play experience.

Total Annihilation designer Chris Taylor has told VG247 that he would like to work on the classic RTS franchise again. The developer has discussed the future of the PC market and the tough times facing publishers, just weeks after his studio Gas Powered Games was acquired by Wargaming.

Wildman will allow players to choose between a male and female hero character, Gas Powered Games has confirmed, despite the single gender the title suggests. See her character concept in full through the break.

Gas Powered Games has a string of excellent titles to its name, but because it doesn’t earn anything from its much-loved releases, it is in dire financial straits and reliant on a very tenuous Kickstarter to remain solvent.

Another addition to the onslaught of updates around Chris Taylor’s poorly performing Wildman Kickstarter campaign, he goes into the future of Gas Powered Games and the dire position of the Wildman campaign in a lengthy interview.

New $5 and $10 reward tiers have been added to Gas Powered Games’ Wildman Kickstarter, along with a video detailing how to fit RTS elements into an action-RPG. The new $5 tier gives backers “immediate posting access to the Wildman forum,” when the Kickstarter has completed. Non-backers will have read-only access. The new $10 tier […]

Gas Powered Games suffered a bout of lay-offs last week following the poor initial reaction to its Wildman Kickstarter campaign. Studio boss and founder Chris Taylor has taken to a Reddit ‘Ask Me Anything’ to discuss how the company has entered into such troubling financial times.

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With Gas Powered Games now owned by Wargaming, and with the studio also owning the rights to Total Annihilation, GPG founder Chris Taylor has pretty much said, without saying, that a follow-up to the RTS game is “alive and well”. Without going as far as to announce it as being in the works, Taylor said […]

Ever since Wargaming swooped in and purchased Gas Powered Games and gave the studio a second life after their failed Kickstarter, everyone has been cagey about what the studio has been up to, aside from revealing that Wild Man is dead. But when Wargaming chief Victor Kislyi spoke with AusGamers at the PAX Down Under, […]

World of Tanks developer Wargaming is currently experimenting with the notion of free-to-play on consoles, including PS4, but CEO Victor Kislyi has stressed that you will only see the company’s games on consoles if the formats don’t hamper the free-to-play experience.

Total Annihilation designer Chris Taylor has told VG247 that he would like to work on the classic RTS franchise again. The developer has discussed the future of the PC market and the tough times facing publishers, just weeks after his studio Gas Powered Games was acquired by Wargaming.

Wildman will allow players to choose between a male and female hero character, Gas Powered Games has confirmed, despite the single gender the title suggests. See her character concept in full through the break.

Gas Powered Games has a string of excellent titles to its name, but because it doesn’t earn anything from its much-loved releases, it is in dire financial straits and reliant on a very tenuous Kickstarter to remain solvent.

Another addition to the onslaught of updates around Chris Taylor’s poorly performing Wildman Kickstarter campaign, he goes into the future of Gas Powered Games and the dire position of the Wildman campaign in a lengthy interview.

New $5 and $10 reward tiers have been added to Gas Powered Games’ Wildman Kickstarter, along with a video detailing how to fit RTS elements into an action-RPG. The new $5 tier gives backers “immediate posting access to the Wildman forum,” when the Kickstarter has completed. Non-backers will have read-only access. The new $10 tier […]

Gas Powered Games suffered a bout of lay-offs last week following the poor initial reaction to its Wildman Kickstarter campaign. Studio boss and founder Chris Taylor has taken to a Reddit ‘Ask Me Anything’ to discuss how the company has entered into such troubling financial times.

A countdown timer has appeared on the website of Gas Powered Games, under the heading Project W. The teaser page points to a reveal in mid-January, and refers to Gas Powered Games as the team behind Total Annihilation, Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander. Gas Powered Games put Chris Taylor’s passion project Kings and Castles on […]

Age of Empires Online has gone free-to-play, Gas Powered Games has announced. Previously only free-to-try, all content is now available through in-game purchased or microtransactions. “We probably turned off a lot of players who would’ve kept playing had they been given the option to earn a Premium Civilization,” systems design lead Eric Williamsontold PC Gamer. […]

Gas Powered Games’ Demigod debuted in 2009 to a very mixed response. Most people said the game was pretty great when it wasn’t malfunctioning or the download service wasn’t glitching out. Today it was announced that the game will be available on Steam as well. So now you can compete to be amongst the pantheon […]

“If you’re wondering where PC gaming is going next, this is where it’s going. It’s a huge shift. I’m glad we arrived here, it’s a long time since our industry has been this exciting.” – Gas Powered Games founder Chris Taylor speaking to VentureBeat on Age of Empires Online’s launch day. Thanks, IndustryGamers.